Samuel Hale and Ichabod Rollins Papers – MS059

Samuel Hale and Ichabod Rollins Papers – MS059

Provenance: The Hale and Rollins papers were purchased at three different times from different sources. Seven volumes were purchased by the Athenaeum in 1997 with additional materials being purchased in 2003.

Samuel Hale was born in 1758 and died in 1828. William Hale was born in 1765 and died in 1848. The second William Hale was born in 1804 and died in 1877 and was a merchant. Samuel Hale Jr. was born in 1793 and died in 1869. He was a ship owner and merchant. Ichabod Rollins was born in about 1790 and died in 1873.

Scope and Content

The first portion of the collection contains papers related to the Hale family, including the business ledger of Samuel and William Hale. There are also Hale family correspondence and promissory notes/receipts. The second part of the collection contains the business records of Hale and Rollins Insurance. Hale and Rollins Insurance was the business partnership of Samuel Hale Jr. (1793-1869) Icabod Rollins (ca. 1790-1873). The account books include transactions related to Dover and Barrington, New Hampshire.

Processing Note

This collection was created by combining three separate accessions in order to bring together the chronological sequence of four Hale & Rollins insurance business record volumes. The original accessions were as follows: The original Ms. 59 consisted of two volumes, accession information unknown; S097 was seven volumes purchased in 1997; and the new purchase made in 2003 triggered the combined collection. The year of accession is in parentheses following the description of each volume. The Library of Congress National Union Catalog of Manuscripts was notified in February of 2004.

Series Listing

I. Hale Family Business Records

A. Samuel & William Hale 1798-1827

B. Hale Family 1805-1843

C. William Hale 1827-1835

D. Samuel Hale Jr. 1823-1837

II. Hale and Rollins Insurance Business

I. Hale Family Business Records

A. Samuel and William Hale, 1798-1827

Box 1

Folder 1 Merchants, store ledger. In order by account name and then date. Includes bookplate for Samuel Larkin, Portsmouth Bookseller. [Auction, 1997]

1824-1842 Samuel Hale Jr. Store Ledger “A” Entries in order by account name, includes many references to investments such as Portsmouth Steamboat Co., Portsmouth Whaling Co., and Portsmouth Woolen Co. Also estate records for Samuel Hale (1758-1828). Original name index in folder in box. [Auction, 1997]

Box 4

1838-1843 Samuel Hale Jr. Store Ledger “B” Leather with gold tooling including “Ledger” on spine. Entries in order by account name, supplies for ships, entries for stock purchases. Original name index in folder in box. [Auction, 1997]

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